College Football Week 11: Tex-Mex Chicken Soup and Sad Fans Being Sad

I’ve been here before. As college football fans, we get so emotionally invested in the outcome of games and seasons that it can feel a bit like jumping out of a perfectly good airplane without a parachute when things don’t go your way. That’s about how my feels went with last weekend’s insane Ole Miss-Arkansas ending.

Just over here, not caring about football anymore until next season. Sour grapes, y’all. Photo: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

There I sat at a bar on Sixth Street in Austin, TX, barely blinking, barely able to wrap my devastated brain around what I’d just seen. The word “numbness” is pretty apropos in retrospect. But hey, thanks to the Alabama fans that texted me words of encouragement post-game, he said with facetious animosity. Really helped pull me out of a dark place… Going to start working on mastering my chakras so football doesn’t deflate me like Tom Brady [ZING!].

But I mean, wowzers. Week after week the endings are just getting more and more improbably incomprehensible. What’s in store for us this week? Hold onto your seats and we’ll find out soon enough!

Near the top of my “Things I’ll Never Do” list: Tell Sean Oakman I don’t care much for his tattoos. All the nopes, folks. Photo: Getty Images

Marquee Matchup: #12 Oklahoma vs. #6 Baylor, 11/14, 8:00PM ET on ABC
Waco, Texas, where the wind goes sweeping down the plaaains! Wait…that’s not right. Anyway, it’s essentially Big 12 elimination weekend for Bob Stoops and his Sooners. They’ll need another big day from QB Baker Mayfield, who’ll do his best to avoid Sean Oakman (pictured). This one should be a high-scoring affair. Since I’m not that knowledgeable about Big 12 teams (Do they get the SEC Network over there?), I’m siding with Art Briles and his Baylor Bears at home in a barn-burner. My Prediction: Baylor 58, Oklahoma 45

Tex-Mex Chicken SoupWhen in Texas, eat as the Texans do. Because, allegedly, everything is bigger and better there anyway. This zesty soup contains everything you’ll need to satiate the soul on a chilly football Saturday—chicken, beans, spiciness, beans, more chicken. Prepare a pot for your tailgate, share with your friends and family, and cross your fingers that no one pulls out a 4th-and-25 conversion on your team this weekend. Enjoy the games, everyone! Cheers.